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Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2019
Applicants:

Shiyong Zhang, Boxborough, MA (US);

Aaron Ganick, Boxford, MA (US);

Inventors:

Shiyong Zhang, Boxborough, MA (US);

Aaron Ganick, Boxford, MA (US);

Assignee:

LEDVANCE LLC, Wilmington, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/08 (2006.01); H05B 39/04 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0845 (2013.01); H05B 33/0809 (2013.01); H05B 33/0815 (2013.01); H05B 33/0887 (2013.01); H05B 37/0272 (2013.01); H05B 37/0281 (2013.01); H05B 39/044 (2013.01); Y02B 20/346 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device controls the dimming of a solid-state light source. The device includes a microcontroller configured to receive a rectified phase-cut signal. The microcontroller is configured to measure, within a given period, a duration of a low state of the rectified phase-cut signal and output a low value based thereon. The microcontroller is also configured to measure, within the given period, a duration of a high state of the rectified phase-cut signal and output a high value based thereon. The microcontroller generates an output signal based on at least one of the low value and the high value.


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